We are writing to share important information with you about the closure of our 32-bit game worlds after August 31, 2025. In recent months we have been deploying new 64-bit game worlds and offering free transfers for players to continue their journey on these updated game worlds. This message will update you on the future of our 32-bit worlds, free transfers, current and future “dark worlds”, the old forums, what to do as a Kinship leader and more.
Many players have already transferred, and you can learn more about free character transfers in an article on LOTRO.com
here.
Players can continue to transfer their characters to our 64-bit game worlds until 11:59 PM Eastern (-4 GMT) on Sunday, August 31, 2025. After this time, our 32-bit game worlds will close. Please note that we intend to reopen these 32-bit game worlds as “dark worlds” for a period of two years, during which time players will be able to transfer their characters from these worlds to our 64-bit worlds. However, we do not yet have a confirmed timeline for when these transfers will become available, and we are unable to share further details at this time. Therefore, we strongly encourage all players to transfer their characters from our 32-bit game worlds to our 64-bit game worlds through 11:59 PM Eastern (-4 GMT) on Sunday, August 31, 2025. It is also important that you prepare for transfer prior to the end on August 31st, since you will not be able to log into your game world when these worlds return for “dark worlds” transfers.
What is happening:
The following 32-bit game worlds will close after 11:59 PM Eastern (-4 GMT) on Sunday, August 31, 2025:
- Arkenstone
- Belegaer
- Brandywine
- Crickhollow
- Evernight
- Gladden
- Gwaihir
- Landroval
- Laurelin
- Sirannon
- Treebeard
After this time, further character transfers from these game worlds will not be available for some time, and you will not be able to log into these game worlds in order to organize and prepare for transfer. We strongly encourage everyone to transfer their characters, Kinships, Shared Items and anything else of value to our new 64-bit game worlds prior to 11:59 PM Eastern (-4 GMT) on August 31st, 2025.